UPL16

Compact USB-stick based WAV player.

The compact UPL16 USB-stick based WAV player is powered by a clean battery power supply that can be charged with an external 5V/1A adapter.

This battery power supply eliminates all mains power supply related issues.

The UPL16 has a Toslink output that eliminates ground loops and related ground loop interference.

It is a very clean digital audio source that is easy to use without hassle. Master clock scaling and low power operation provide a very low interference level.

The UPL16 supports up to 99 CDs and up to 99 tracks for each CD (9801 tracks in total) on a single USB memory stick. USB sticks can be identified by a number between 1 and 9999. Sequential or shuffle playback plus selectable extra information about the audio tracks.

The UPL16 supports 44.1/16 and 48/16. Status Information is displayed on a white LED display. The display is driven statically in order to eliminate switching noise.

Rear view.

Inside view.

Inside view with Lithium Polymer battery installed.

RC.

Why buy a UPL16 ?

Silence:

no fan noise

no transformer noise

no SMPS noise

no display controller noise

no flac/alac decoding noise

no DSP noise

no HDD noise

no CD player servo/laser noise

Low power consumption:

244 milliwatts while playing 44.1/16 WAV

37 milliwatts in stand-by

WAV files need not be de-compressed by processor but are just passed through, this saves power

Charging:

Charge with any 5V/1A (phone) charger that has a USB A port for charging

UPL16 is only charged when ON/OFF switch is in the OFF position

UPL16 is completely disconnected from charger while in ON position

Single charger (not included) could be used to charge multiple devices by charging the devices one by one

Playback:

Bitperfect playback (how do you know if music streamed from PC/NAS/internet is bitperfect ?)